Cebu Pacific confirms Manila-Sydney service in Sep-2014, planning additional Australia services

Cebu Pacific Air GM long-haul division Alex Reyes, speaking at the CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation Summit, confirmed (06-Aug-2014) the airline will commence Manila-Sydney service on 09-Sep-2014. Mr Reyes said bookings for the route are "quite good," especially for the Dec-2014 travel period. The route is intended to serve the growing Filipino population in Australia and attract tourist traffic from Australia to the Philippines. The carrier will also promote connecting domestic services and routes to destinations in North Asia through Manila. Mr Reyes said the airline plans to commence additional services between Australia and the Philippines, dependent on increasing capacity allocations between the countries. Mr Reyes said the total allocation for all carriers between the countries is currently 6000 seats per week and the entire allocation for Philippine carriers is used by Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines.